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...fires, which were lit by the Iraqi military as it was pushed out of the country, had a hazardous effect on Kuwaitis—an impact said to be roughly equivalent to smoking 20 packs of cigarettes. The researchers calculated that this added risk resulted in about 100 premature Kuwaiti deaths...
...research team, led by SPH Senior Lecturer on Environmental Science John S. Evans, also concluded that smoke exposure alone could not fully account for Kuwaiti nationals’ abnormally high mortality rates...
...effects of PTSD on Kuwaiti nationals were first studied by Jaafar Behbehani—an assistant medical professor at Kuwait University and a key researcher on the current SPH project—in studies conducted...
After the invasion, the Kuwaiti government had originally sought funding from the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)—a subsidiary of the UN Security Council set up to resolve claims against Iraq—to help make up for the costs of excess hospitalizations and deaths during the occupation...
...findings released last week represent the first phase of the project, which the Kuwaiti government commissioned in 2002. The project was designed to have SPH assess the magnitude and causes of effects that the 1990 invasion had on the health of the nation’s populace. The study, which is conducted, funded, and monitored by the UNCC, also asked Harvard to look for a cost-effective means of facilitating early detection and treatment of those negative health impacts...